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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Company Closures (18 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: My Department does not hold data relating to business closures and I have been advised by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment that the information requested is not available. Some information is reported by the CSO Business Signs of Life Series which tracked the survival of businesses through Covid-19. The foodservice industry specifically is the subject of a Bord Bia report...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (18 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 77 and 83 together. While full and final emissions data for 2022 is not yet available, recent reports of provisional data from the EPA have indicated that Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions increased by 4.7% in 2021 compared to 2020 and are now 1.1% above 2019 pre-COVID restriction levels. The recently published Climate Action Plan 2023 includes the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (18 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 79 to 81, inclusive, together. The High Speed Broadband Map, which is available at www.broadband.gov.ie, shows the areas included in the National Broadband Plan (NBP) State led intervention as well as areas targeted by commercial operators. The map is colour coded and searchable by address and Eircode. Premises in the AMBER area will be provided with...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (18 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: It would not be appropriate for me to comment on an individual company. However, the general position from a policy perspective is set out below. Council Regulation (EU) 2022/1854 is an emergency intervention designed to address high energy prices and seeks to address windfall gains in the energy sector. The Council Regulation includes the introduction of a cap on market revenues in the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Funding (18 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 84 and 109 together. The EU Just Transition Fund aims to address the long-term economic transition of the Midlands, following the end of commercial peat extraction and peat-fired power generation. Following approval by the Government on 29 November 2022, the European Commission adopted Ireland’s first Territorial Just Transition Plan and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (18 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: On 13 December 2022 Government approved a new Energy Poverty Action Plan. The plan provides, inter alia, for the establishment of a €10 million fund to further support people in, or at risk of, energy poverty this winter and into 2023. This is in addition to the existing sources of support, such as the supplier hardship funds or the Additional Needs Payment scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (18 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Government is acutely aware of the impact that the increase in global energy prices is having on households. That is why throughout 2022 Government introduced a €2.4 billion package of supports and as part of Budget 2023 introduced a package of once off measures worth €2.5 billion. This includes the new Electricity Cost Emergency Benefit Scheme through which €550.47...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Sector Pensions (18 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 87, 106 and 134 together. The Eircom Main Superannuation Scheme (as amended) was established by Statute for the purpose of providing for the pension liabilities of staff transferred from the former Department of Posts and Telegraphs to Telecom Éireann on its establishment on 1st January 1984, the Vesting day. The pre-vesting and post vesting...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Mining Industry (18 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Neither I nor the Geoscience Regulation Office (GSRO) of my Department was aware of the incident referred to in the Question. Notwithstanding this, I can advise that the granting of the two Prospecting Licences in Co Leitrim in April 2022 was in accordance with all relevant provisions of the Minerals Development Act (1940). The Prospecting Licences issued only permit the company to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (18 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: On 13 December Government approved a new Energy Poverty Action Plan. The Plan was published that week and is available at: www.gov.ie/en/publication/159cb-energy-poverty-acti on-plan/. Building on the 2016 Strategy to Combat Energy Poverty, and in response to rising energy prices, the actions in the Plan fall into two overarching categories – near and medium term measures with...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Sector Pensions (18 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The management of pensions of former employees of the Department of Post and Telegraphs is conducted by the National Shared Service Office (NSSO). The person to referred to in the Question should make contact with the NSSO in the first instance to check if they have any pension entitlements. The NSSO can be contacted by email at pensions@nsso.gov.ie or by phone at 0818 107 100.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Expenditure (18 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: A breakdown of the projected €287 million capital underspend in my Department, as outlined in the Fiscal Monitor is set out in the table below. Subhead 2022 Allocation€000 2022 ProjectedOutturn€000 2022 ProjectedVariance€000 Admin Capital 1,477 734 -743 A.3 - Environmental...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Expenditure (18 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The 2022 final allocation and provisional outturn for each subhead in my Department are set out in the table below. The Deputy will note that outturn figures provided below are provisional and will not be finalised until the Department's 2022 accounts are submitted to and audited by the Comptroller & Auditor General 2022 Subhead Allocations and provisional outturn ...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (18 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) has published a decision for the Clean Export Guarantee (CEG) tariff (CRU21131-Interim-Clean-Export-Guarantee-Decision-Paper.pdf) which outlines arrangements for implementation of the tariff, including eligibility criteria and remuneration methodology. To be eligible for remuneration based on metered export quantities, a renewables...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (18 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Government is acutely aware of the difficulties households, businesses and community organisations are facing with respect to the current global energy crisis and the resultant high electricity prices. That is why throughout 2022 Government introduced a €2.4 billion package of supports and as part of Budget 2023 introduced a package of once off measures worth €2.5 billion to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (18 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 97 and 107 together. Under Response 17 of the National Energy Security Framework, the Government committed to building on the detailed sectoral analysis of the National Heat Study to develop proposals for regulatory options to accelerate the phase-out of fossil fuels for space and water heating in all new buildings, with limited exemptions such as...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (18 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I am advised by National Broadband Ireland (NBI) that, as of 6 January, construction is underway across 26 counties. Over 117,900 premises can order or pre-order a high-speed broadband connection, with over 109,200 premises passed across 26 counties and available for immediate connection. In County Tipperary, NBI has advised that there are 5,806 premises passed by the high-speed fibre...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (18 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Government is committed to reducing emissions from the residential sector through retrofitting the equivalent of 500,000 homes to a Building Energy Rating B2/cost optimal level and installing 400,000 heat pumps in existing homes to replace older, less efficient heating systems by end-2030. Last year, the Government launched a range of enhanced supports to make it easier and more...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (18 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy (WAPCE) sets out a commitment to ‘analyse the impact of the landfill levy exemption for bio-waste and whether it should be removed’. My Department has established a working group to examine this. Arising from the work of the group it is intended to undertake a full review of the landfill levy regulations and exemptions to the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (18 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 101 and 102 together. At present, the quantity of recyclable materials placed on the market exceeds domestic recycling capacity and the waste management industry relies, in part, on the export market to meet its processing needs. The following organisations collate data on PET and plastic and the recycling and export of that waste:  - The National...